Sentence examples similar to spread a veil from inspiring English sources

As Pavord writes, Gilpin waxed enthusiastically about the coil of smoke spreading a hazy veil over a scene but was unconcerned with the life of the poor charcoal burner labouring behind it.

As it sings it, the lyrebird steps sideways, in an avian version of the grapevine, with its tail spread out like a veil.

As immigration changes the face of Dutch cities and globalization spreads its veil of uniformity over life in the Netherlands, many among the Dutch are looking for their roots.

Not so, said the president of the Muslim Assembly of Italy, Abdul Hadi Massimo Palazzi: "The veil is a tradition that spread at a late stage among Muslims".

The small convoy slowly nosed into the broad expanse of Newburgh Bay, passing Storm King Mountain, which was wrapped in a veil of snow that rapidly spread, erasing the shorelines and seemingly transporting the vessels to some Arctic wilderness.

Even less discreet was Susanne Bartsch, the club promoter, wearing a pink tutu as a veil, lying flat on her back with her legs spread open and her areolae rising above the top of her black corset.

Remember, like a veil.

For women to wear a veil.